[dpdk-dev] [RFC] lib/librte_vhost: qemu vhost-user support into DPDK vhost library

[Xie, Huawei]

Hi Haifeng:
Might be in the release after 1.8.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linhaifeng [mailto:haifeng.lin at huawei.com]
> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 1:28 PM
> To: Xie, Huawei; dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC] lib/librte_vhost: qemu vhost-user support
> into DPDK vhost library
> 
> when will publish ?
> 
> On 2014/8/26 19:05, Xie, Huawei wrote:
> > Hi all:
> > We are implementing qemu official vhost-user interface into DPDK vhost
> library, so there would be two coexisting implementations for user space
> vhost backend.
> > Pro and cons in my mind:
> > Existing solution:
> > Pros:  works with qemu version before 2.1;  Cons: depends on eventfd
> proxy kernel module and extra maintenance effort
> > Qemu vhost-user:
> >                Pros:  qemu official us-vhost interface;     Cons: only available
> after qemu 2.1
> >
> > BR.
> > huawei
> >
> >